Do not open the examination paper until I instruct you to do so.
Do you have any questions about the notice to candidates displayed in the school?
Does anyone have any unauthorized material in his or her possession? This is your last opportunity to say so. Are the subject, level and language of your examination paper correct?
Do you have everything you need for the examination?
Check the details on your cover sheet. Please tell me if any of the details are not correct for this examination. (Allow time for the candidates to do this.)
Use only the rough paper provided by the school for notes.
Use blue or black ink for all written text. Pencil, including coloured pencils, may be used only for graphs, diagrams or charts.
The number of pages in the examination paper is on the front page. Turn the pages to check none is missing. (Allow time for the candidates to do this.) Is the examination paper complete?
Read all instructions very carefully. Do not answer more questions than required—if you answer extra questions they will not be marked.
Write as clearly as possible using both sides of each page. If you require more pages on which to write your answers, please ask for more.
Write your session number at the top right corner of every page you use (including graph paper if appropriate).
Write question numbers in the left-hand margin. Leave the right-hand margin blank.
After I finish this instruction, you will have five minutes to read the questions carefully During this reading time you are not allowed to write (or use a calculator). You may nowopen your examination paper. Your reading time starts now.
(Allow five minutes reading time.)
Your reading time is over. You have (state time allowed) for this examination paper. You may start to write.
The time is (give the precise start time).
During the examination make these announcements at appropriate times.
The time remaining is 30 minutes.
The time remaining is 5 minutes.
Ending the examination
The examination has ended. Please stop writing immediately and close your examinationpaper.
Do not make any additions or amendments to your answers.
Draw a line through any work that you do not wish to be marked.
Check that you have written the question numbers in the left-hand margin.
Complete all details on your cover sheet if you have not done so already. Remember to indicate the number of answer sheets used and which questions you have answered.
Make sure that your cover sheet and answer sheets are fastened together using a string tag.
Do not staple the pages together. Make sure that your session number is written on every page. (If appropriate, advise candidates to attach any graph paper they have used.)
Place any rough notes and the examination paper separately on your desk/table ready for collection.
Question papers that require answer sheets
Starting the examination
Do not open the examination paper until I instruct you to do so.
Do you have any questions about the notice to candidates displayed in the school?
Does anyone have any unauthorized material in his or her possession? This is your last opportunity to say so.
Are the subject, level and language of your examination paper correct?
Do you have everything you need for the examination?
Check the details on your cover sheet. Please tell me if any of the details are not correct for this examination. (Allow time for the candidates to do this.)
Use only the rough paper provided by the school for notes.
Use blue or black ink for all written text. Pencil, including coloured pencils, may be used only for graphs, diagrams or charts.
The number of pages in the examination paper is on the front page. Turn the pages to check none is missing. (Allow time for the candidates to do this.) Is the examination paper complete?
Read all instructions very carefully. Do not answer more questions than required—if you answer extra questions they will not be marked.
Write as clearly as possible using both sides of each page. If you require more pages on which to write your answers, please ask for more.
Write your session number at the top right corner of every page you use (including graph paper if appropriate).
Write question numbers in the left-hand margin. Leave the right-hand margin blank.
After I finish this instruction, you will have five minutes to read the questions carefully During this reading time you are not allowed to write (or use a calculator). You may nowopen your examination paper. Your reading time starts now.
(Allow five minutes reading time.)
Your reading time is over. You have (state time allowed) for this examination paper. You may start to write.
The time is (give the precise start time).
During the examination make these announcements at appropriate times.
The time remaining is 30 minutes.
The time remaining is 5 minutes.
Ending the examination
The examination has ended. Please stop writing immediately and close your examination paper.
Do not make any additions or amendments to your answers.
Draw a line through any work that you do not wish to be marked.
Check that you have written the question numbers in the left-hand margin.
Complete all details on your cover sheet if you have not done so already. Remember to indicate the number of answer sheets used and which questions you have answered.
Make sure that your cover sheet and answer sheets are fastened together using a string tag.
Do not staple the pages together. Make sure that your session number is written on every page. (If appropriate, advise candidates to attach any graph paper they have used.)
Place any rough notes and the examination paper separately on your desk/table ready for collection.